Originally Posted By utahjosh The Wardrobe and Lumiere animatronics are truly amazing here. <a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2012/08/first-look-lumiere-madame-wardrobe-welcome-you-to-enchanted-tales-with-belle-at-magic-kingdom-park/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DisneyParks+%28Disney+Parks+Blog%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher" target="_blank">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...dfetcher</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Lumiere is astounding. This attraction is going to be a big hit with kids and their parents.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance That is so cool. When is the final, final part of the new Fantasyland project scheduled to be complete? There is a tiny chance we could make it to WDW for a couple days next year, and that would be so awesome to get to see all this stuff while my kids are still young.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I'm still not quite liking the projected faces, but it's a minor thing. I like how the wardobe's mouth moves so fluidly. Kind of like the Ursula AA in the Little Mermaid attraction. Oh, and when Lumiere was speaking, it really made me miss Jerry Orbach...he was the best. Jeff Bennett just isn't quite up to it.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I'm seriously thinking about about finally visiting WDW again next spring. I wish there was more in the New Fantasyland that appealed to me, however what they've done will undoubtedly be enormously popular and well received with a certain demographic. I guess there's enough stuff in WDW that I haven't seen to occupy my time. Maybe I'll "borrow" someone's kids so I can look around Belle's meet & greet without looking like a fool.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: You really should go there with me, Dr. Hans, duckling. You're only a fool in your own mind if you let yourself believe that of yourself. So get rid of all that negative thinking. Disney theme parks were meant for the young at heart and you need to check all your negative inhibitions in at the front gate. Now, do we have a date?
Originally Posted By HMButler79 What a massive dissapointment. I thought they would at LEAST TRY and make it appealing to adults with more theatricality and not have adults be bored to death. This looks like a kindergarten class/PBS special! What an embrassment! The Beast's castle does NOT look like 1700s Colonal France. It looks like a mall. The Library dosen't even have a ceiling! Ikea looking bookshelves, blank windows, no propping in the Library. The Wardrobe room looks like teh hallway to a hotel convention center. Again, modern wallls and building style with DECORATIONS that LOOK LIKE they belong in B&B. Completly unimmersive. Wish we coulda gotten the original show meant for Paris.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Something tells me that you wouldn't have been satisfied with that either.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Well, gosh! Look on the bright side, HMButler79, duckling! Belle got Beast a Flea collar for his birthday so at least you don't have to worry about scratching yourself in public if you go to this meet and greet!
Originally Posted By sjhym333 The video is nice. Love the animatronics. It looks like an attraction I would visit once, enjoy and then probably not see again for a long time. Kind of like Turtle Talk. Fun the first time, not a repeat thing for me.
Originally Posted By brotherdave It looks nice, but I think I would have preferred a "walk thru" attraction where guests are guided from room to room with great special effects along the way. I love the "magic mirror" effect and the animatronics seem to be excellent, but I think guests, even kids, will want more than a "kindergarten" play of the story. Of course, we haven't seen what the total interior of the restaurant will be like, so maybe some of that will happen there. Overall, I'm somewhat impressed with the details, but the overall attraction seems like it could have been so much more.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Here is the entire Belle attraction on video. All 14 painful minutes of it, so watch at your own risk. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrQLHvBZ-9I" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...LHvBZ-9I</a> What can I say? This is a HUGE disappointment. I was sitting here watching this fiasco of an attraction in disbelief. While I like the small details and theming that has gone into this turkey, I would have prefered these show elements to have been put to better use on a dark ride style attraction as opposed to this forced and frivolous walk thru show. I was truly horrified and majorly embarrased for the CMs who work this show, especially the red headed guy in the Armoire's room. He and the others are obviously trying way too hard to engage the crowd into playing along in what is an infantile waste of precious time in the Magic Kingdom. Is this the type of show experiences that Disney think will rival the extraordinary attraction and theme of harry Potter's in IOA?? It's like the Imagineers thought.. "oh well, let's just do something that can be enjoyed by those who do not meet the height requirement for rides at Universal. After all, they are tourists and they will wash this down like fatty burgers and coke." I'm sure the visitors from the UK, Brazil and those from Wichita will enjoy this painful experience. But to me, the most painful thing was watching that big doofus in the video trying to pretend he was enjoying the show while holding some stupid cardboard prop. At that time, I had to stop the video and look away. It was all way too painful to watch. Again.. I DO applaud WDW management for inventing some little money into the MK which apart from The Walt Disney Studios, is the one disney park in most need of upgrades, but to litter the park with stuff like this? Please, this Belle thingy makes the former Mystery Castle Tour at TDL look like a masterpiece of forebodding moods. In a sense, now I am glad they pulled the plug on the original plans for the new Fantasyland if all the meet/greet walk thru houses would have been this bad. Final opinion: a waste of nice special effects, AAs and theme on a show that has no substance. Don't waste your time unless you show up at the Kingdom with brats under 8 in tow. At this bad wdw rate, I may have to force myself out of retirement and return to the boards.
Originally Posted By brotherdave Just tell us how you feel, TDLFAN!! Good to have you back! I like the detail, theming, and effects, unfortunately I would have to agree that it seems a bit wasted on a meet & greet. Still, it's better than what their doing to the old Snow White ride!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Let's not be apologists Brotherdave. Pulling the plug on a classic ride to give us a glorified meet and greet with bad script, plot and acting is simply a travesty. Saying that "this is better than what they did to Snow White" is cutting them slack. I refuse to do that. This is a side show for small minds in small bodies (or big bodies too as seen on the video?), yet it takes deep pockets to enjoy. Sorry. But I respectfully disagree. Then again, should I be surprised coming from the powers that don't give a damn at WDW? No. Not surprised at all. Just hugely disappointed than yet again, my expectations did not meet the hype they are creating for this turkey.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> I was truly horrified and majorly embarrased for the CMs who work this show, especially the red headed guy in the Armoire's room. He and the others are obviously trying way too hard to engage the crowd << Yes, yes, and yes. The whole concept of the show is just so...cheap. You (if you're under 10) get to help act out the story of BATB. And a CM will shadow you telling you what to say and where to go while you're "acting" it out. I was actually surprised to see the CMs touching the kids and adults on the shoulders whie moving the "actors" around. Was always told touching a guest was a no-no for legal reasons unless the guest initated it.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: That's good to know I've always wanted to initiate the touching, myself.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Cory Disbrow, a columnist from Miceage, was able to preview Enchanted Tales With Belle and had this to say about the new attraction: "So, how do I feel about the attraction? Well, surprised, to be honest. From the time it was announced back in 2009, I really did not care for this concept. I thought it would be just another silly way to have a meet and greet. Even up until this week, I didn’t care about it. When I got access to New Fantasyland, I even contemplated not seeing it and just spending time taking photos of the new area. But, after going in, I think it was really well executed, and I think the best judge of that was the reactions I saw on the kids’ faces. Almost every child wanted to participate in the show, and they were all really into it. It really is NOT a meet and greet. It is more of a show where the guests are part of the cast. You don’t stand in switchbacks waiting to get your picture and autograph in a makeshift backdrop setting from the story. You visit real scenes and real elements from the movie, which to me makes it far more than a meet and greet. Am I the target demographic for this? No. Will I be doing this every chance I get when I’m at the Magic Kingdom? Gosh no. Would I have been terribly upset if three of these were built like in the original plans? Oh, you know it. But, as the only one, I think it will really work. The theming and detail are far better than anything I’ve ever seen in Fantasyland in Magic Kingdom. The village area is wonderful, and once all the foliage grows in, it really will be beautiful. I was pleasantly surprised."
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I don't mind it per-se, but the overall feel of Fantasyland is changing. It's just that Disney has been seriously catering to the under 10 set with most things they do in Fantasyland. The Dueling Dumbos with the McPlayland in the queue; this Belle meet-n-greet, the other princess one that's taking over Snow White's place; and other things. The Little Mermaid dark ride is at least something the whole family can enjoy, as well as the upcoming Dwarf's mine coaster. However, I just wish Disney were not trying to separate families by experiences. It's one of the reasons Walt build Disneyland in the first place, as a place where he could participate in what his girls were doing. Right now, adults can just watch their kids have fun in some of the new Fantasyland offerings, the can't really participate themselves. I wish that were different. I would also love it if they created things that kids would love, but at the same time, a single adult, or even a teenager, could also enjoy without looking a bit creepy.
